Jose Antonio Abellan – the journalist at the centre of the leaked audio recordings storm surrounding Real Madrid president Florentino Perez – is said to have demanded 10 million euros from the club in exchange for deleting the files.
The recordings, which have come to light in recent days via the newspaper El Confidencial, were of Perez criticising various former players and coached at Real Madrid.
And with Perez preparing to sue Abellan and the newspaper – as MARCA has reported – the case has taken a new turn, with the latest revelations coming from Carlos Bustillo on Wednesday night’s El Transistor programme on Onda Cero.
“The blackmail offer was made in the Combarro Restaurant in Madrid, and Real Madrid didn’t accept it,” Bustillo said.
Present at the meeting was said to be Eduardo Fernandez de Blas, Real Madrid‘s vice-president.
Among the targets of Perez‘s comments in the recordings aired have been Iker Casillas, Raul Gonzalez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Mourinho and Vicente del Bosque.
